Te Kōputu Summer Series

Date: 

Sunday, 1 February 2015 - 11:00am to Sunday, 15 March 2015 - 12:00pm

Sunday, 1 February, 11 am: Joe Harawira (Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngai te Rangi, Ngāti Awa) shares some of his experiences from over three decades of travelling the globe as a guest at oratory and indigenous storytelling festivals.

Sunday, 15 February, 11 am: Ben Pearce, winner of the 2014 Molly Morpeth Canaday 3D Sculpture Award, talks about his arts practice and his ‘day-job’ working with furniture designer David Trubridge.

Sunday, 1 March, 11 am: John Gow. With 30 years of experience in the art industry, John Gow—Director of Gow Langsford Gallery and John Leech Gallery—is well-placed to share insights on ‘a day in the life of an art dealer’. This speech will encapsulate the relationships with artists, clients, museums and support people within the art industry and how these relationships become the business of art.

Sunday 15 March, 11 am: New Zealand artist Matthew Couper (whose work was a popular component of Te Koputu’s recent exhibition ‘SCAPE) joins us via Skype from his current Las Vegas base. Couper’s work delves into art-history to explore the space between myth, religion and art politics.